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Nando's is in a league of its own when it comes to producing engaging and side-splitting advertisements. Its campaigns often take comical jabs at the blunders of the high and the mighty. There was one on rugby player Joost van der Westhuizen and his ...
It is unheard of for a 60-year-old to smash a world record set by someone of 27. But South African pilot Charles "Chalkie" Stobbart broke British air racer Alex Henshaw's record, which stood for a solid 70 years.
In 1939 Henshaw flew a return trip ...
Mohau Pheko is a political economist, an expert on African issues, a columnist, businesswoman, feminist, a researcher and policy analyst. She grew up in a political environment in Tshitepo village in Zambia where she learned early how to tackle issu...
Mathematics boffins are few and far between. The education sector is prepared to break the bank to secure people with these scarce and valuable skills. Mmatladi Khembo is one such rare gem.
Even as a youngster she always loved maths. In fact, she's...
Film director Jann Turner's locally shot movie, White Wedding, which was released on circuit recently, has already received wide acclaim.
The film tells the story of two friends, Elvis (Kenneth Nkosi) and Tumi (Rapulana Seiphemo), who leave...
 For years now Farwa Mentoor (35) has been the top South African female finisher of the Comrades Marathon.
Aptly described as the ultimate human race, the Comrades covers 89km and attracts thousands of top runners from South Africa, the continent and...
 At just 25 Lebogang Mokwena is already carving a name for herself in research and academic circles, historically dominated by men. She is well read and travelled.
Her academic achievements include a master's degree in poverty and development from ...
 Climbing mountain peaks in harsh weather conditions - such as in freezing temperatures - is no mean feat. Not only does it require physical endurance, but also mental and spiritual strength.
But Sibusiso Vilane, one of South Africa's few black moun...
 "Life begins at 40", so the saying goes. And for André Gaum, it's the start of a whole new realm of responsibility. Gaum is the new deputy minister of education.
Gaum was an MP for the now defunct National Party and he has been in portals of P...
 It is not often that you find a 31-year-old who owns a successful business with an annual turnover of R4-million. Most young business people would be learning the ropes in a big company. But Tezzyl Mathibe bucked this trend. In 2003 he founded his ow...
 Kgafela oa Magogodi represents a new breed of young, talented black South Africans who use irreverent language and poetry-driven social commentary as part of "combat literature" aimed at provoking debate and conversation.
His use of language is uniq...
 Imagine every time your name is mentioned it is preceded by "first this" and "first that". Few of us can enjoy this status, but Phethiwe Matutu ranks top among these few.
She was the first to conquer what most students consider their arch nemesis: ma...
A Durban-based teacher has been named the winner of the education category in this year's Shoprite Checkers/SABC2 Woman of the Year Award. Roslyn Nairan-Mohan, a teacher at the New West Secondary School in Durban, was honoured for her work in the ...
Ask any South African who their favourite comedians are and the name Mark Lottering will surely come up. But Lottering became a comedian by chance. Marianne Thamm, his landlady when he worked as project manager at an advertising company, convinced hi...
 The new director of the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown has taken office about 20 years after he staged his first production at the annual event. Ismail Mahomed is an accomplished playwright, theatre director and arts administrator. His work ha...
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